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Some time after the Courier finds at least one of these caps, a man named Malcolm Holmes, a retired collector of these prized caps, will approach the player and warn that the caps are highly sought after by collectors who will kill for them. He says sometimes people can be so crazed that they will attack strangers if they simply believe they have any. He also warns to steer clear of a man named Allen Marks, who is said to have killed at least six people for the caps and is somewhat of a professional collector.

The caps are thought to be very valuable, according to a legend they allow access to a secret treasure guarded by a man named Festus. When asked about Festus, Malcolm says he has been guarding the treasure since before the Great War, which he says, "Would make him pretty damn old." He states that he has met a few people who claim they themselves have seen Festus, and that these people "aren’t the lying type". The treasure’s contents are unknown, although Malcolm hints that it could be money, technology, or other pre-War items whose actual value is unknown. They are apparently still occasionally found, as the treasure's guardian still distributes them.

Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle caps are a rare variant of the Sunset Sarsaparilla bottle cap, featuring a blue star on the underside of the cap. The Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap, though dim, glows blue. These caps have a 1-in-20 (5%) chance of being found when drinking a bottle of Sunset Sarsaparilla, and otherwise can be found in various locations throughout the Mojave Wasteland. These caps are part of the quest The Legend of the Star and thus cannot be sold. Once the quest is completed picking up a Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap will simply add to the player's total bottle cap count.

The following is a list of locations of the 100 star bottle caps that can be found throughout the Mojave Wasteland. Additionally, these caps can occasionally be acquired from non-player characters or by drinking Sunset Sarsaparilla. Also killing or, if you don't care about negative karma, pickpocketing Malcom Holmes (the guy who approaches you) can reward you with six caps from the start.

In front of the terminal on the desk located across from the vending machine, near a Patriot's Cookbook Magazine, in the office next to the smelting chamber. From outside the building, the Garage Door to New Vegas Steel will take you straight into the correct room.

On a desk next to a bottle of Sarsaparilla in a south room of the Living Quarters, one floor up from the flooded area. It's across the hall from the terminal that says "Hello Billy boy!" when you open it.

7-9 star caps can be found between Nipton and the Nipton Road Pit Stop, where the player will find Tomas and Jacklyn embroiled in a gunfight. If Tomas dies, the player can talk to Jacklyn and confront her about the Sarsaparilla star bottle caps, at which point she will attack. Killing her will enable looting 2 star bottle caps from her body, then 7 more from Tomas' body. If Tomas kills Jacklyn, he will not attack the player, and acquisition of all nine caps will involve pickpocketing, killing, or convincing Tomas to give up his caps. In either scenario, the victor in the scuffle may loot the star caps off their fallen opponent, enabling the player to gather all 9 caps from one person.

The player can initiate the mini-game encountered within dialogue with Festus, which will randomly award star caps. The mini-game can be played ad infinitum, enabling the player to rack up a star cap every 5–10 minutes.

A wastelander may appear fighting some scorpions when the player is travelling to Scorpion Gulch. He will be carrying a Sunset Sarsaparilla star cap on his body should he die during the confrontation. The wastelander will respawn after three days, at which point another star cap can be acquired from him.

If the console command is used to resurrect Jacklyn and she is killed again, you may find another 7 Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle caps on the corpse of Tomas.

The star cap in Gypsum Train Yard may not be easily visible. It is located inside the office building, in the back room with egg clutches, on the corner desk with the burned-out terminal. A well-placed frag grenade under the table may help dislodge it. This might also be helpful in other locations, where the caps aren't visible or drop down to inaccessible areas, when picking up other items. It should, however, be considered as a last resort if nothing else helps, as it could move the cap into even more inaccessible places.

It is possible to earn star caps by brewing homemade Sunset Sarsaparilla at a campfire.

After the quest, The Legend of the Star you can still pick these up, but they will be turned into normal bottle caps.

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